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Tuesday, 25 September 2012

Scrap skirt / Jupe en chutes

It has been a while since I last visited, let alone contributed to my own blog. The reason being that we are busy with the refurbishment of our new house and the planned move (in two days time). Sewing has had to be set aside in favor of more immediately ... necessary tasks (such as decluttering, looking for domestic appliances, etc. etc. the list is endless). But 3 days before the move, I could not resist sudden urge and compromised by going for a very very easy and fast project.

My 3 and a half year old is into skirts and dresses. Does not want to hear about trousers except for leggings. So with the autumn suddenly falling on us, I wanted to upgrade her fall/winter skirt collection a bit and use the beautiful (and girly) baby cord remnants of my fabric box. But I was (almost) doomed - the width of that beautiful cord was just a bit too short! So I decided to include to contrasting side panels, making the skirt a bit less simple than I wanted to (I think that with a fancy fabric pattern, best keep it simple). But who cares, the person most directly concerned likes it so ...